July 2nd, 2004

Born on July 2nd, 2004

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 993 days, exactly on February 21st, 2029, people who were born on July 2nd, 2004 will be 9,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 2nd?

July 2nd, 1998

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling, the second novel of the Harry Potter series, was published.

July 2nd, 1990

Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (pictured) was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament agreed to suspend the effects of their act to re-establish Lithuania as a state.

July 2nd, 1779

American Revolutionary War: French troops landed near St. George's, Grenada, and began their capture of the island.

July 2nd, 1724

On the Feast of the Visitation, Bach led the first performance of his Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, based on the German Magnificat.

July 2nd, 2008

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others (damage pictured).

July 2nd, 1976

More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

July 2nd, 1964

The Civil Rights Act was signed into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public in the United States.

July 2nd, 1941

A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.

July 2nd, 1917

Amidst weeks of race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, white residents burned sections of the city and shot black inhabitants as they escaped the flames.

July 2nd, 1890

The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, the first United States government action to limit monopolies.

July 2nd, 1881

U.S. president James A. Garfield (pictured) was fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C.

July 2nd, 1816

The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of present-day Mauritania, with the survivors escaping on a makeshift raft, depicted in Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa (pictured).

July 2nd, 1644

First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.

July 2nd, 0626

Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of Tang China.

July 2nd, 1863

American Civil War: On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg - the Battle of Little Round Top takes place and results in a Union victory after the Confederate troops unsuccessfully try to assault the Union left flank.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 2nd

Same year
Born in 2004

22

Rosita Reijnhout

Dutch cyclist

*April 8th, 2004, Wolphaartsdijk

22

Nienke Veenhoven

Dutch cyclist

*March 20th, 2004, Oostzaan

22

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

22

Kuo Kuan-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 3rd, 2004, Kaohsiung

22

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

22

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

22

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

21

Letizia Roscher

German figure skater

*October 7th, 2004, Chemnitz

21

Liam Kapeikis

American figure skater

*June 28th, 2004, Wenatchee

22

Savika Refa Zahira

Indonesian figure skater

*April 4th, 2004, Jakarta

21

Stephen Gogolev

Canadian figure skater

*December 22nd, 2004, Toronto

22

Charli D'Amelio

American social media personality

*May 1st, 2004, Norwalk

22

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress and model

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

21

Edward Appleby

British figure skater

*December 21st, 2004, Colchester

22

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

21

Noah Schnapp

American actor (born 2004)

*October 3rd, 2004, New York City

22

Amira Willighagen

Dutch-South African singer

*March 27th, 2004, Nijmegen

21

Alejandro Garnacho

Argentine association football player

*July 1st, 2004, Córdoba

22

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Norwegian princess

*January 21st, 2004, Rikshospitalet

22

Jonny Edgar

British racing driver (born 2004)

*February 13th, 2004, Whitehaven

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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 2nd.

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Born on July 2nd, 2004
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Leap year

Yes: 2004 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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